[2] The structure can still be used by pedestrians, buggy traffic and vehicles weighing less than three tonnes for crossing the Grand River.

The primary modifications during restorations added concrete and steel parts to strengthen the aging structure.

Drawings and five pages of specs were completed by John Bear who indicated that hardwood was used throughout, although the rafters and the sheets over the sides would be made of pine.

[6] Starting in the mid 1800s, this area of Waterloo County was settled primarily by Mennonite Germans from Pennsylvania.

This required the township to hire an individual to shovel snow onto the bridge roadway to avoid damage to the flooring.

From 1885 until 1950, coal oil lamps were lit inside the bridge overnight; they were replaced by electric bulbs.

The Shingle Bridge in Blair (part of Preston, Ontario) was built before 1835, the first of this type in the area, but was destroyed by flood waters in 1857.

This strategy minimized the number of vehicles driving through the small settlement and helped to lengthen the useful life of the covered bridge.

A historical summary indicates that "local girls learned to be wary when their escort's horse stopped inside the bridge without any command from the driver".